[python] Iterating Over Dictionary Key Values Corresponding to List in Python

Working in Python 2.7. I have a dictionary with team names as the keys and the amount of runs scored and allowed for each team as the value list:

NL_East = {'Phillies': [645, 469], 'Braves': [599, 548], 'Mets': [653, 672]}

I would like to be able to feed the dictionary into a function and iterate over each team (the keys).

Here's the code I'm using. Right now, I can only go team by team. How would I iterate over each team and print the expected win_percentage for each team?

def Pythag(league):
    runs_scored = float(league['Phillies'][0])
    runs_allowed = float(league['Phillies'][1])
    win_percentage = round((runs_scored**2)/((runs_scored**2)+(runs_allowed**2))*1000)
    print win_percentage

Thanks for any help.

You can very easily iterate over dictionaries, too:

for team, scores in NL_East.iteritems():
    runs_scored = float(scores[0])
    runs_allowed = float(scores[1])
    win_percentage = round((runs_scored**2)/((runs_scored**2)+(runs_allowed**2))*1000)
    print '%s: %.1f%%' % (team, win_percentage)

Dictionary objects allow you to iterate over their items. Also, with pattern matching and the division from __future__ you can do simplify things a bit.

Finally, you can separate your logic from your printing to make things a bit easier to refactor/debug later.

from __future__ import division

def Pythag(league):
    def win_percentages():
        for team, (runs_scored, runs_allowed) in league.iteritems():
            win_percentage = round((runs_scored**2) / ((runs_scored**2)+(runs_allowed**2))*1000)
            yield win_percentage

    for win_percentage in win_percentages():
        print win_percentage

List comprehension can shorten things...

win_percentages = [m**2.0 / (m**2.0 + n**2.0) * 100 for m, n in [a[i] for i in NL_East]]

Dictionaries have a built in function called iterkeys().

Try:

for team in league.iterkeys():
    runs_scored = float(league[team][0])
    runs_allowed = float(league[team][1])
    win_percentage = round((runs_scored**2)/((runs_scored**2)+(runs_allowed**2))*1000)
    print win_percentage